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Psychedelic Frogfish

Histiophryne psychedelica

Seabook: Psychedelic Frogfish

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Max Weight

Max Depth

10 m

Description

Histiophryne psychedelica is a yellow-brown or peach colored frogfish named for its pink and white stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern. The fish is from waters near Ambon Island and Bali, Indonesia. Description The psychedelic frogfish was first described in 2009 by Pietsch, Arnold, and Hall in the scientific ... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Colors

white
brown
yellow
blue
pink

Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Poisonous

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Social Behaviour

Solitary

Danger to human

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Venomous

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